Nation and World Politics
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Musk claims DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials disagree.
Feb 27, 2025 4:33 pm - Elon Musk on Wednesday acknowledged that the U.S. DOGE Service “accidentally canceled” efforts by the U.S. Agency for International Development to prevent the spread of E...
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Congress is reversing a tax on this climate superpollutant
Feb 27, 2025 4:33 pm - The Senate voted Thursday to overturn a Biden-era rule that required oil companies to pay a fine for emitting methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that has significantly co...
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CFPB drops its enforcement lawsuits against Capital One, Rocket Homes and more
Feb 27, 2025 4:28 pm - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped several enforcement actions against companies like Capital One and Rocket Homes, just weeks under new leadership and amid turmoil at the agency caused by orders from Trump administration.
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USAID workers clear their desks in Trump’s final push to dismantle the agency
Feb 27, 2025 4:09 pm - WASHINGTON — U.S. Agency for International Development workers — many in tears — carted away belongings through cheering crowds in a final visit to their now-closed headq...
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Trump plans tariffs on Mexico and Canada for Tuesday, while doubling existing 10% tariffs on China
Feb 27, 2025 12:43 pm - President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday, in addition to doubling the 10% universal tariff charged on imports from China.
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Israel’s army admits failures on Oct. 7. Its probe of the attack could put pressure on Netanyahu
Feb 27, 2025 11:58 am - An investigation by the Israeli military has determined that Hamas was able to carry out the deadliest attack in Israeli history on Oct. 7, 2023, because the much more powerful Israeli army misjudged the militant group’s intentions and underestimated its capabilities.
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Federal agencies given deadline for plans to move offices out of D.C. area
Feb 26, 2025 8:12 pm - The Trump administration is giving federal agencies until mid-April to suggest relocations of bureaus and offices out of the D.C. region, a move that would have widesprea...
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Federal board halts firings of six probationary employees amid Trump cuts
Feb 26, 2025 8:05 pm - An independent federal board on Tuesday granted a request from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to halt the termination of six probationary government employees a...
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EPA tells White House to strike down landmark climate finding
Feb 26, 2025 7:00 pm - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal governme...
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The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo
Feb 26, 2025 6:04 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is facing a generational realignment as President Donald Trump directs federal agencies to develop plans for eliminating employee positio...